I'd just find new employment myself... :) On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:05 PM Micheal Espinola Jr < [email protected]> wrote:
> > 1. Because it can eat up a tremendous amount of bandwidth and storage > space. > 2. You will, when you allow your user base to uncontrollably saturate > it. > 3. If you knowingly allow illegal activity on services you provide and > control, you become culpable to it. > > > - When these issues sneak up and surprise you, you will be scrambling > for control as well as facing a very annoyed user base who suddenly doesnt > understand why you are taking all of their "rights" from them when shit > hits the fan. And yes, shit will hit the fan. > > > FWIW, I have seen the torrent habits of a few VIP users absolutely destroy > network connectivity. Yes, with the right equipment you can shape traffic > and kinda control it - but its a mistake (see item #3). Your boss's > knowledge of IT matters is highly suspect. > > -- > Espi > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Kish N Kepi <[email protected]> wrote: > > We keep a lax environment – our users are local admins on their Windows > laptops and we not stop them from installing any software they want – the > only caveat I ever say is ‘don’t be stupid’. And yes, we are a hi-tech > house, well beyond the startup stage. > > > > During a conversation about potential changes to the way we do backups > today, I stated that the current back up routine specifically excludes most > media files, and also that I’d used psexec to kill utorrent processes. My > boss, who is actually quite knowledgeable in IT matters, had a response > surprised me: why? Why not backup the media files? Why not allow torrent > traffic? His points were as follows: > > 1. We give them laptops and smartphones and expect them to be > available at all hours of the day – that’s convergence of home and office > life – why shouldn’t we backup the photos of their kids, pets and vacations > too? > > 2. Do we have bandwidth issues? We have a broad link to the internet > and only at periodic peaks do we hit anywhere near our limit > > 3. Legality of torrents? Really? How many people care about the > legality? > > 4. Malware? We have other protections in place. > > > > I couldn’t come up with any answers that sounded reasonable to me, so at > this stage, we’re planning increase our backup storage capacity. > > > > Does anyone here have answers that I lack? Sorry for cross-posting, but I > this question is bothering me, and I know that many people in this for a > have strong, well-formed (and well-expressed) opinions > > > > Kish n Kepi > > >
